Noticeable difference in download speeds when switching to Windows 7

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I just wanted to write a little bit here for anyone who's considering upgrading to Windows 7. I have an HP Pavillion a749c which got an index rating of a mighty 2.0 lol. Not good. But I urge anyone who can make the transition to do so because of the overall benefits. I'm not sure why, and I'm sure someone could explain why, but I ran a speed test at http://www.speedtest.net and came up with the following:

WinXP
1.05Mbps D/L and .93 Mbps U/L

Windows 7 on same machine after fresh install
11.15Mbps D/L and 1.04 Mbps U/L

Maybe this is just an example of a bad WinXP setup, but I truly have always experienced better speeds on Win7 on all the boxes I've worked on. Just wondering if anyone else has had the same dramatic speed differences and maybe an explanation of it. I understand that there were some TCP limitations on XP and that some of that was changes in Vista and even in Win7 but I don't know enough about that to attribute it all. Now I'm going to change my wireless hardware out from a Netgear USB-N Adapter to a Netgear PCI-N adapter and see if there are any further increases. I'll post my results after I complete the install.
 
These are the speedtests I ran at http://www.speedtest.net

PCI Netgear Wireless Adapter-N


USB Negear Wireleass Adapter-N


In addition, with the USB adapter, I've experienced noticeable performance spikes during the tests whereas with the PCI, the speeds were more stable and did not vary as drastically. I think overall I would have to favor with the PCI adapter for strengh and stability.
 
I noticed that when using the USB ports on the front of my case, my speeds were probably about 1/4 less then when I used the rear USB ports. All are USB 2.0 so not really sure why.
 
Concordedly said:
I just wanted to write a little bit here for anyone who's considering upgrading to Windows 7. I have an HP Pavillion a749c which got an index rating of a mighty 2.0 lol. Not good. But I urge anyone who can make the transition to do so because of the overall benefits. I'm not sure why, and I'm sure someone could explain why, but I ran a speed test at http://www.speedtest.net and came up with the following:

WinXP
1.05Mbps D/L and .93 Mbps U/L

Windows 7 on same machine after fresh install
11.15Mbps D/L and 1.04 Mbps U/L

Maybe this is just an example of a bad WinXP setup, but I truly have always experienced better speeds on Win7 on all the boxes I've worked on. Just wondering if anyone else has had the same dramatic speed differences and maybe an explanation of it. I understand that there were some TCP limitations on XP and that some of that was changes in Vista and even in Win7 but I don't know enough about that to attribute it all. Now I'm going to change my wireless hardware out from a Netgear USB-N Adapter to a Netgear PCI-N adapter and see if there are any further increases. I'll post my results after I complete the install.
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Wow! that's a big diff, i really think it's a glitch on your xp setup, like having your nic configured wrong. congratz anyways, that's a speedy line :good:
 
MacBook said:
I noticed that when using the USB ports on the front of my case, my speeds were probably about 1/4 less then when I used the rear USB ports. All are USB 2.0 so not really sure why.
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The USB at the front tend to be less powered than the ones on the back.
 
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